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Trump’s War and it's Global Consequences, source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iran-us-war-news-day-32-strait-of-hormuz-kharg-island-middle-east-war-donald-trump-latest-news/articleshow/129915038.cms?from=mdr Iran’s Strategic Depth and the Logic of Asymmetric Power Iran’s geopolitical identity is rooted in a long imperial tradition stretching back to ancient Persia, shaping its enduring perception as a natural hegemon in the Middle East. Positioned at the

Nabil Anani’s Exit into the Light, leather and mixed media on wood [Courtesy of Nabil Anani] Source: Al Jazeera – www.aljazeera.com – “How Palestinian artists carry the New Visions spirit of resilience,” published 16 November 2025. Palestinian artists today are carrying forward and expanding the legacy of the New Visions movement , one of the most influential currents in modern Palestinian art. Founded in 1987 during the First Intifada by Nabil Anani, Sliman Mansour, Vera T

The Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East are crucial for Russia due to geopolitical strategy, military interests, economic opportunities, and countering Western influence. Predicting Russia's strategy has become vital following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. In essence, the region has always been the battleground for power struggles between major international actors, namely the United States and its allies, the Soviet Union (SU) during the Cold War, and Russia

Source: Palestinians who moved south on Israeli orders during the war return to their homes in the central Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, January 27, 2025. RAMAZAN ABED/REUTERS The three-phase ceasefire agreement signed after 15 months of conflict marks a new era in the regional dynamics of the Middle East. However, the durability of the ceasefire remains uncertain, exacerbating geopolitical instability and contributing to ongoing ambiguity rega

Source: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-wars-impact-energy-security-east-mediterranean Since the 2006 war, the...

Illustration by Matt Needle; Photo Source: Reuters https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/axis-upheaval-russia-iran-north-korea-taylor-fontaine While acknowledging its national independence as the day Bashar El-Khoury's imprisonment ended, Lebanon, which gained full independence in 1946, received its first mass migration with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. Due to the sectarian division of the state structure in Lebanon, inter-sectarian tensions within the cou

Illustration by Mark Harris / Reuters Special Report The US policy in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf has a lengthy background, given various objectives of the US interest in the region. The detailed chronology of the US here will start from the First World War - 1914-1918 and cover up to the latest incident in the Middle East, which started with the Hamas attack on Israel on 7th October 2023. The area has been highly vulnerable to external world powers' political and mi

File:Artsakh Occupation Map.png. (2023, September 25). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 19:14, December 12, 2023 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Artsakh_Occupation_Map.png&oldid=804529067. The dissolution of the USSR in 1991 meant the emergence of 15 new republics, or in other words, new sovereign states, which brought up political problems together with their emergence, especially for the small countries that were divided up by ethnic lines. Not long af

Energy Analytics: From Data Acquisition to Data-Driven Business Models - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Eastern-Mediterranean-Gas-Forum-countries-EMGF-Source-Adam-Hegazy_fig2_346034361 [accessed 12 Dec, 2023] While the European Union is projecting to reach its renewable energy target of 32% through solar, wind, biofuel, and hydropower in 2030, the Russian-Ukrainian War has accelerated the Eastern Mediterranean energy cri

As the Eastern Mediterranean has obtained a pivotal role precisely in the Ukraine-Russian war due to the discovery of natural gas reserves in the region as an alternative region for obtaining energy resources, the potential intensification of the conflict between Hamas and Israeli forces could have substantial effects on the stability of regional security in the Eastern Mediterranean. The 1967 war was a turning point in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The victory of Israel pav